Plastic Waste

A plastic product of any description that has ceased to perform its useful intention can broadly be identified as waste. The waste that is generated by the public is often called ‘post consumer waste’.

Post consumer waste can be further subdivided as :

Food packaging waste

Drink/milk bottle waste

Film waste

Others include electronic waste and vehicle waste.

As in most types of waste, much of this often contains materials that are recoverable and that is content has value. So, recovering this useful and valuable material content is in essence what recycling is all about. Plastic waste is valuable because that waste can be reused once it has been segregated, cleaned and accumulated. The end goal is to turn that recoverable content into a valued, sought after and reusable commodity.

Primarily, we source recyclable material from manufacturing waste or scrap and convert this into a form that is readily useable. We also obtain waste from transit packaging from businesses, end of life packaging such as crates/boxes and finally, plastic window frames and doors from such manufacturers and assembly companies.

Manufacturing waste will include scrap produced as a direct consequence of making plastic products from plastic raw materials. This could include production waste from:

Plastic bottle manufacturers for PET and PVC bottles

Film manufacturers for LD, HD or PP film packaging

Pipe and profile extrusion companies making utility pipes or window profiles from HDPE and PVC respectively